DETROIT -- — Cade Cunningham scored 40 points a day after being selected as an All-Star reserve, helping the Detroit Pistons beat the Dallas Mavericks 117-102 on Thursday night.

Cunningham matched a season high for points on 17-of-30 shooting. He added six rebounds and four assists while falling three points of his career-best 43 points.

Detroit snapped a three-game losing streak. Tobias Harris added 17 points and Jalen Duren had 16 points and 13 rebounds.

Kyrie Irving led Dallas with 28 points. P.J. Washington had 22 points and 13 rebounds.

After the Mavericks cut it to 93-91 with 10:13 left, the Pistons responded with a 10-2 run with Cunningham on the bench.

Takeaways

Mavericks: Luka Doncic is still sidelined by the calf injury that has kept him out since Christmas Day. Doncic has averaged 36.1 points in eight career games against the Pistons – his highest average against any team – along with 8.5 rebounds and 9.8 assists.

Pistons: Isaiah Stewart served a one-game suspension for accumulating six flagrant-foul points. … Pistons owner Tom Gores is leading a group bidding for a WNBA expansion team. The Detroit Shock played in the WNBA from 1998-2009, winning three championships before moving to Tulsa.

Key moment

Cunningham scored eight of his 16 third-quarter points in the final 2:42 of the period, allowing the Pistons to keep an eight-point lead. He outscored his teammates 16-15 in the quarter, shooting 63.6% (7 of 11) from the floor while they were 6 of 13.

Key stats

Both teams crashed the offensive boards in the first half — Dallas got back 41.7% (10-24) of their own misses, while the Pistons were at 37.5% (9-24) — but Detroit finished with a 16-6 edge in second-chance points.

Up next

Both teams are back in action Sunday. Dallas is at Cleveland, and Detroit hosts Chicago.

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Play By Play

Recent plays and game events

TIME	PLAY
12:00	Daniel Gafford vs. Jalen Duren (Cade Cunningham gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Daniel Gafford blocks Ausar Thompson 's 7-foot driving floating jump shot	0	0
11:41	Pistons offensive team rebound	0	0
11:39	Tobias Harris makes 14-foot jumper (Cade Cunningham assists)	2	0
11:16	P.J. Washington misses 7-foot two point shot	2	0
11:14	Ausar Thompson defensive rebound	2	0
11:05	Cade Cunningham misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	0
11:03	Daniel Gafford defensive rebound	2	0
10:56	Daniel Gafford makes driving dunk (Kyrie Irving assists)	2	2
10:38	Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	2
10:36	Mavericks defensive team rebound	2	2
10:21	Daniel Gafford makes 6-foot two point shot	2	4
10:10	Cade Cunningham makes two point shot	4	4
9:55	Klay Thompson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)	4	7
9:39	Tobias Harris makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jalen Duren assists)	7	7
9:14	Klay Thompson makes 15-foot two point shot (Daniel Gafford assists)	7	9
9:03	Tobias Harris misses 14-foot pullup jump shot	7	9
9:01	Kyrie Irving defensive rebound	7	9
8:55	P.J. Washington makes 22-foot three point jumper (Klay Thompson assists)	7	12
8:40	Cade Cunningham lost ball turnover (Kyrie Irving steals)	7	12
8:37	Klay Thompson misses 25-foot three point shot	7	12
8:30	Ausar Thompson defensive rebound	7	12
8:26	Tobias Harris misses 22-foot three point shot	7	12
8:26	Mavericks defensive team rebound	7	12
8:10	Jalen Duren shooting foul	7	12
8:10	Daniel Gafford makes free throw 1 of 2	7	13
8:10	Daniel Gafford makes free throw 2 of 2	7	14
7:47	Tim Hardaway Jr. misses driving floating jump shot	7	14
7:46	Pistons offensive team rebound	7	14
7:46	shot clock turnover	7	14
7:46	Olivier-Maxence Prosper enters the game for Daniel Gafford	7	14
7:34	Klay Thompson makes 28-foot three point jumper (P.J. Washington assists)	7	17
7:32	Pistons Full timeout	7	17
7:18	Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	7	17
7:15	P.J. Washington defensive rebound	7	17
6:55	Klay Thompson misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	17
6:53	Olivier-Maxence Prosper offensive rebound	7	17
6:51	P.J. Washington misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	17
6:51	Kyrie Irving offensive rebound	7	17
6:44	Kyrie Irving misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot	7	17
6:41	Jalen Duren defensive rebound	7	17
6:28	Cade Cunningham makes 25-foot three pointer	10	17
6:17	Kyrie Irving misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	10	17
6:15	Cade Cunningham defensive rebound	10	17
6:08	Olivier-Maxence Prosper blocks Cade Cunningham 's 2-foot driving layup	10	17
6:06	P.J. Washington defensive rebound	10	17
6:02	Spencer Dinwiddie misses running pullup jump shot	10	17
6:00	Klay Thompson offensive rebound	10	17
5:57	Olivier-Maxence Prosper makes layup (Klay Thompson assists)	10	19
5:44	Cade Cunningham misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	10	19
5:41	Kyrie Irving defensive rebound	10	19
5:34	Klay Thompson makes driving layup	10	21
5:22	P.J. Washington blocks Cade Cunningham's driving layup	10	21
5:20	Cade Cunningham offensive rebound	10	21
5:19	Cade Cunningham makes two point shot	12	21
5:10	Spencer Dinwiddie misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot	12	21
5:08	Jalen Duren defensive rebound	12	21
5:02	Jalen Duren makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Cade Cunningham assists)	14	21
5:02	P.J. Washington shooting foul	14	21
5:02	Malik Beasley enters the game for Tim Hardaway Jr.	14	21
5:02	Simone Fontecchio enters the game for Ausar Thompson	14	21
5:02	Naji Marshall enters the game for Kyrie Irving	14	21
5:02	Quentin Grimes enters the game for Klay Thompson	14	21
5:02	Jalen Duren misses free throw 1 of 1	14	21
5:00	P.J. Washington defensive rebound	14	21
4:44	Quentin Grimes bad pass (Jalen Duren steals)	14	21
4:43	Quentin Grimes transition take foul	14	21
4:43	Cade Cunningham makes free throw 1 of 1	15	21
4:35	Cade Cunningham out of bounds lost ball turnover	15	21
4:22	Olivier-Maxence Prosper out of bounds lost ball turnover	15	21
4:05	Simone Fontecchio misses 23-foot three point jumper	15	21
4:02	Jalen Duren offensive rebound	15	21
3:59	Simone Fontecchio makes 1-foot dunk (Jalen Duren assists)	17	21
3:41	P.J. Washington makes driving layup	17	23
3:28	Tobias Harris makes 4-foot two point shot	19	23
3:12	P.J. Washington makes 26-foot three point jumper (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)	19	26
2:53	Cade Cunningham makes 2-foot two point shot	21	26
2:43	Spencer Dinwiddie makes driving layup	21	28
2:19	Malik Beasley makes 27-foot three pointer (Jalen Duren assists)	24	28
2:18	Mavericks Full timeout	24	28
2:18	Marcus Sasser enters the game for Jalen Duren	24	28
2:18	Paul Reed enters the game for Cade Cunningham	24	28
2:18	Kyrie Irving enters the game for Olivier-Maxence Prosper	24	28
2:18	Daniel Gafford enters the game for P.J. Washington	24	28
2:18	Kessler Edwards enters the game for Spencer Dinwiddie	24	28
2:00	Naji Marshall makes 6-foot two point shot	24	30
1:47	Tobias Harris makes dunk (Simone Fontecchio assists)	26	30
1:22	Kyrie Irving misses 14-foot pullup jump shot	26	30
1:15	Daniel Gafford offensive rebound	26	30
1:15	Daniel Gafford makes tip shot	26	32
1:07	Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper	26	32
1:03	Kessler Edwards defensive rebound	26	32
49.1	Kessler Edwards bad pass (Simone Fontecchio steals)	26	32
42.2	Kessler Edwards shooting foul	26	32
42.2	Marcus Sasser makes free throw 1 of 2	27	32
42.2	Marcus Sasser makes free throw 2 of 2	28	32
31.1	Marcus Sasser personal foul	28	32
31.1	Ausar Thompson enters the game for Simone Fontecchio	28	32
16.1	Kessler Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper	28	32
15.1	Ausar Thompson defensive rebound	28	32
0.2	Naji Marshall blocks Marcus Sasser's driving layup	28	32
0.0	Pistons offensive team rebound	28	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	32

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Time, Location & Referees

Venue

Little Caesars Arena

Detroit, MI

Date & Time

12:00 AM, February 1, 2025

Coverage

NBA League Pass, FanDuel SN DET, KFAA-TV

Attendance

20,062

Referees

Jacyn Goble, Jenna Schroeder, Ray Acosta

2025-26 Southwest Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
San Antonio	43	16	.729	W11
Houston	37	22	.627	L1
Memphis	22	36	.379	W1
Dallas	21	38	.356	L2
New Orleans	19	42	.311	W4

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
Detroit	44	14	.759	W2
Cleveland	37	24	.607	L2
Milwaukee	26	32	.448	L1
Chicago	24	36	.400	L11
Indiana	15	45	.250	L5

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